Songs 1993-1998

Songs 1993-1998

Track Listings

1. First Cool Hive

2. Go

3. Into the Blue

4. Now I Let It Go

5. Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)

6. I Like to Score

7. Anthem

8. Hymn

9. Feeling So Real

10. God Moving Over the Face of the Waters

11. Alone

12. Novio

13. Rain Falls and the Sky Shudders

14. When It's Cold I'd Like to Die

15. Living

16. Grace

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Elektra lived through Moby's wild musical mood swings only to have him jump ship to V2 Records where, on first try, he produced a genius, groundbreaking album that made him a household name. What's a hapless major label to do? Why, put out a quickie compilation attempting to cash in on his newfound fame, of course. Moby Songs is a veiled "Best of the Elektra Years" collection of the techno wizard's singles released under the Elektra umbrella. The problem with this disc is that Moby's discography is Babe Ruthian in its homerun-to-strikeout ratio. Furthermore, his best work occurred before and after he signed with the label. That leaves Elektra pulling 6 of the 13 tracks off of Everything Is Wrong (Moby's only consistent work while signed on). The rest is culled from his famously awful alt-rock offering Animal Rights, his collection of soundtrack work I Like to Score, and the title track from the Move EP. Moby Songs only serves those who are more morbidly curious with a snapshot of the man's scattered track record. Those who are interested in his finest should stick with his self-titled debut (which includes the rave classics "Drop a Beat," "Everything," "Next Is the E," and the original version of "Go") and Play. --Beth Massa

Tracks:

First Cool Hive
Go
Into The Blue
Now I Let Go
Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)
I Like To Score
Anthem
Hymn
Feeling So Real
God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters
Alone
Novio
The Rain Falls And The Sky Shudders
When It's Cold I'd Like To Die
Living
Grace

Amazon.com

Elektra lived through Moby's wild musical mood swings only to have him jump ship to V2 Records where, on first try, he produced a genius, groundbreaking album that made him a household name. What's a hapless major label to do? Why, put out a quickie compilation attempting to cash in on his newfound fame, of course. Moby Songs is a veiled "Best of the Elektra Years" collection of the techno wizard's singles released under the Elektra umbrella. The problem with this disc is that Moby's discography is Babe Ruthian in its homerun-to-strikeout ratio. Furthermore, his best work occurred before and after he signed with the label. That leaves Elektra pulling 6 of the 13 tracks off of Everything Is Wrong (Moby's only consistent work while signed on). The rest is culled from his famously awful alt-rock offering Animal Rights, his collection of soundtrack work I Like to Score, and the title track from the Move EP. Moby Songs only serves those who are more morbidly curious with a snapshot of the man's scattered track record. Those who are interested in his finest should stick with his self-titled debut (which includes the rave classics "Drop a Beat," "Everything," "Next Is the E," and the original version of "Go") and Play. --Beth Massa

Customer Reviews:

A class album of songs from 1993-1998.......2004-12-29

I had gotten this CD for Christmas in my stocking. Once I listened to it, I was put in a dream world. I thought the combination of --> I Like To Score: Music From Films, Vol. I, Everything Is Wrong, and Animal Rights were great along with the song selection's such as --> The Rain Falls and The Sky Shudders, Alone, & Now I Let It Go. Beautiful strains of music through strings, piano melodies, and the light sounds of rain falling from the skies. God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters will always remain a classic in Moby's piano tunes as it appeared on a 'Pure Moods' CD. What the CD could've used though is 'Love Theme'. I remember hearing Love Theme from the I Like To Score album and wondered why it didn't make it to this greatest hits CD. Hmmm. Overall, I give this two thumbs up and qualify this one as a 'must' for all the Moby fans In This World.

Moby's great!.......2004-12-16

Songs 1993-1998 is five years of the best of Moby.

You gott a love it!

a pleasing and varied compilation.......2004-09-29

A nice solid compilation featuring a smorgasbord of musical treats. This CD spans a wide variety of genres, from orchestral to electronica and soul, demonstrating how versatile and talented Moby is.

Equivalent to Sonic Wallpaper.......2003-03-15

I found this CD to be pleasant, soothing, unobtrusive background music. I enjoyed "Play" and other of Moby's work; however, I found this CD to be to be the equivalent of sonic wallpaper - it's there, but it is meant to fade into the background.

Music fans can do much better.......2002-08-18

Moby's "Songs" is basically a collection of some minor work from his stint with Elektra, and as such, is an album that should not have been made. Moby as an artist is overrated to begin with, so a trip into "Songs" is especially unnecessary.

To begin with, Songs opens with "First Cool Hive", a track that is very reminiscent of the most repetitive and irritating elevator music of Enigma, a band which has become nothing but the butt of jokes. There was some hope that the album would improve as "Go" and "Into The Blue", the two most tolerable tracks on the album came on, but they still offered very little for an appreciator of music to sink his or her teeth into. Things head back downwards as sappy, unoriginal tracks like "Anthem" and bad party music tracks like the despicable "I like to Score" and the weak "Feeling So Free" started playing from my stereo. Moby seems to be trying to serve boring and pretentious music to fans that haven't bothered to try the better Stereolab albums over Moby's predictable, one layered collection of songs. In fact, the whole album feels like shallow, predictable, and uninteresting music by a minor talent. That's to bad, because Moby at his best offers up some hypnotically catchy tracks, especially when a talented vocalist backs him up, but then again, Moby at his best is few and far between, and Moby at his worst dominates in Songs.

Those who like music that doesn't challenge them to listen can add a star, and if the purchaser of the album also wants no more than a nice piano segment or a little background music while they read can add an additional star. Those who seek originality and creativity in their music can take the last star away.

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